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Deliciously spiced molasses cookies, a simple delight at Christmas. These simple Christmas cookies were a regular bake in Michelle’s house in Canada when she was growing up. Traditionally made with molasses, they can be substituted with Black Treacle as that’s easier to get your hands on here. They are a really simple bake with a…

Indulgent chocolate truffles dusted in cocoa powder, delicious with your after dinner coffee. I’m not a huge eater of chocolate, but I do love a good quality chocolate, a proper treat. I also adore homemade chocolate truffles. When it comes to anything sweet I’m very good at telling Michelle “I’d like these, can you make…

A delicious baked vanilla cheesecake served with mulled plums, plum puree and a mulled plum syrup. A decadent dessert that can easily feed a crowd. The final post from our Christmas menu series and this time we are serving up a vanilla baked cheesecake. We have paired this beautifully light cheesecake with the festive flavours…

Sirloin Steak with a simple mushroom, shallot and Madiera sauce. A beautiful main course for an intimate dinner for two or for a special meal with friends and family. The next instalment of our special Christmas menu focuses on the main course. We both love to entertain, but particularly so over the festive period when…

A delicious starter of pan fried scallops, served with a creamy celeriac puree, the crunch of smoked bacon and the freshness of cucumber and apple. A perfect start to any dinner party. At this time of year Michelle and I start thinking a lot about food, even more than we usually do! It’s hard to…

An Autumn Supperclub for eight, our first official event: Last weekend saw Michelle and I hosting our first official Supperclub. Having spent “far too long” thinking about it, we decided the time was right to launch our first event for paying customers. Over the past few years we have toyed with the idea of doing…

Chocolate & hazelnut cookies, a really great quick bake with kids. Chocolate and hazelnut cookies, who doesn’t love them? Certainly not me, they are one of my favourite biscuits. However I do prefer to make my own as I find shop bought just a bit too hard and really not what I want from a…

Our apricot, almond & honey flapjacks. Ideal for simple baking with the kids during the October holidays. Flapjacks are quite simply one of my favourite sweet treats, at their absolute best when they have the right amount of chew. But rest assured I’ve eaten plenty that have been well below par! As with all baked…

A quick and simple courgette pickle, ideal when you have a glut of courgettes growing in the garden. I love making pickle using up bits and pieces of vegetables that I have growing in the garden. The courgette plants in my garden have produced a lot of fruit this summer. It’s something I always grow…

A simple pork and peanut stir-fry – a perfect mid week dinner loved by all the family. I have made this pork stir-fry, or a version of it, for years now. It’s one of those dishes that I cook often, a mid week staple. In fact it’s a recipe that I had to really think…

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